Socket member for snap-buttons.



P. V. COHN & T. H. NEWTON SOCKET MEMBER FOR SNAP BUTTONS. APPLICATION men JULY '20. 1918.

WIT/V588 mm was @15 Jy W Patented 29, 1918.

s i-ca ries recreate PHILIP V. COHI Z', OF MONTGLAIR, NEW JERSEY, AND THOMAS H. NEWTON, OF EAST- HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO UNITED BUT T01\T COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. '21, A COEPORATIQNOF NEW YORK.

SOCKET MEMBER FOR SNAP-BUTTONS Application filed July 20, 1918.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHlLIP V. Conn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, and THOMAS H. Nnw- TON, a citizen of the lnited States, and a resident of Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of lvlassachnsctts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Socket Members for Snap Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates generally to buttons or fasteners and has more particularly reference to the socket member of a snap fastener such as used for gloves and the'vlike.

'hlo'cket members of this character are generally made up of several parts called the shell, the spreader washer and the collet, together with an outer member of non-flexible material, such as metal or celluloid, that covers the face of the shell and is bent back around the edge of the members being held either between the shell and the collet or by an upset portion of the collet. In either use, the outer member overlaps to such an extent that a considerable quantity of mate rial is used. l m'thermore, the edge of the member must be notched so as to form a series of radial prongs in order to admit of the amount of overlapping necessary under such circumstances.

The object of this invention is to produce a structure in which a lesser amount of material is employed in the covering member than 'as formerly the case, so that a less e kpensive article is produced; and, at; the same time, obviate the necessity of confining said material positively either between the collet and shell or by an upset portion of the collet.

The invention therefore centers around a special construction of collet which con sists of a member of sheet material having a body portion and an upstanding circumferential flange, said flange resting on the washerand said body portion having a circumferential ledge and a central aperture, the covering member being bent around the parts into unconfined engagement with the circumferential ledger Preferably also the said collet is provided with an annular raised bead lntermediate the aperture-= and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. 29, 1918.

Serial No. 245,925.

the ledge against which the unbroken edge at the covering member abuts.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is embodied in a concrete and preferred form in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the collet used in connection with our invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the socket mfember looking in the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

1 indicates a shell consisting of a disk of sheet; material slightly dished and devoid of any upstanding flange. 2 is the usual spreader washer superposed upon the shell. 3 is the collet consisting of a. disk of sheet material constituting a body portion and having an upstanding flange 4 which rests upon the spreader washer and is of sufiicient depth to give requisite thickness to the socket member and to afford a square corner to-the structure. At its-back surface the body portion of the collet is provided with a circumferential ledge 5 and adjacent thereto an ann "1- raised bead G is formed, there beingan aperture 7 in the center. 8 is the covering member for the face of the shell and here of celluloid, said covering member consisting of a disk which is heated and then bent back around the three members and into unconfined engagement with the circuinferential ledge. The overlapping of this covering member is so slight. that it is unnecessary to notch its edges in this way, the unconfined and unbroken edge 9 of the covering member abuts against the 'aised bead. Said"- head has the advantage of imparting a finish to thesocket member so that the rough unconfined edge is not oX- posed, and also insures requisite depth to the socket member without unduly thickening the member. It also imparts additional strength to the structure.

It will be understood that this socketmember is placed on one side of the skin or other material to which it is to be attached, and that an eyelet of well known character isithen driven through the skin, said eyelet having a portion entering through the aperture of the collet and between the latter and the spreader washer to clench the parts in position. It is then agaeapm ready to receive the birdcage snap in a well known manner.

I claim:

1; A socket member for snap fasteners comprising: a shell, a spreader Washer and a collet superposed one above the other, said collet consisting of a member of sheet material having a body portion and an upstanding circumferential flange, said flange rest ing on the washer and said body portion having a circumferential ledge and a central aperture, and an outer member of nonfiexible material covering the shell and bent around the three superposed members into unconfined engagement with the"circumferential ledge.

2. A socket member for snap fasteners comprising: a shell, a spreader Washer and a collet superposed one abovethe other, said collet consisting of, a member of sheet material having a'bodyportion andan upstanding circumferential flange, salid flange resthaving a circumferentialledge, an annular raised bead inside the ledge and a central aperture, and an' outer member of non-flexible material covering" the shell and bent around the three superposedmembers into.

unconfined engagement with the circumferential ledge/and against the raised annular bead. I

Signed/at New Yorkicity, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 12th day of July 1918.

PHILIP V. (JOHN. THQMAS H. NEWTON.

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